There are a number of ways to create a bootable USB drive for Windows 7, but this is the method we found worked the best.

First, you’ll need a USB drive with at least 8GB of storage. You can use a smaller USB drive, but you’ll need to format it to NTFS during the steps below.

Next, download the Windows 7 ISO file. The file is large, so it may take some time to download.

Once the file is downloaded, open it and extract the contents to the USB drive. To do this, right-click on the USB drive and select …